Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I think my hon. colleague already knows that the commissioner's report said that no benefit or preferential treatment was given. We will definitely not take lessons on ethics from the Conservatives opposite. We all remember the issues around Dean Del Mastro and the

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I have to reiterate that, first of all, we have all looked at this report thoroughly because as hon. members of the House, we always want to do what is right. We always want to make the right decision. The commissioner has looked in detail into this particular situ

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, what a lecture that was. If we want to talk about being guilty, let me remind the members opposite of their time in government when they featured members in their own caucus in leg irons because of corruption. What about the former—

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I want to remind the members opposite, who stand today with these questions, about their time in government. I want to remind them about a member of their caucus who was taken out in leg irons. The former parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Harper actually serv

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be here to speak to this bill. Over the last couple of days, I have heard a number of speakers in the House who have had varying and interesting opinions with respect to this bill. I think it is safe to say that a lot of work and extensive consult

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, investments we have made as a government over the last two years in correctional services are making a change within our system. We are a government that has really been focusing hard on rehabilitation. We have been focusing hard on providing alternate correctional s

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, I always appreciate it when members in the House continue to raise the calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Bill C-83 would address two of the specific calls to action, number 30 and number 36, in the report of the Truth and Reconciliation C

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, I think it is very important to note that the goal of this bill and the other actions that the Government of Canada has taken is to ensure that we can reduce crime in Canada and reduce repeat crime in this country. We can continue to place people for minor offences i

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, it goes without saying that our government is committed to ensuring that northerners have access to affordable food throughout the north. We want to work meaningfully with all parties, including Inuit, first nations, Métis and northerners, on food security. Inuit o

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, this has been a priority for us, and we want to make sure that we are going to get it right. This is why we have been engaging with northerners, Inuit, Métis and first nations on how we move forward with this project. The minister himself visited all three territorie

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise today mindful that we are on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin people. I am honoured to begin the debate at second reading of Bill C-88, an act to amend the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act and

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, when I came to politics in 2013, what I remember very clearly were the early meetings I had with groups in the Northwest Territories with regard to the bill and the changes the Conservative government was pushing forward. At that time, aboriginal governments and ma

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, it is fair to say that when it comes to the development of oil and gas in the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic, a lot of work has to be done on the technical side and with the logistical challenges that exist in that area, including the short operating season and ice cond

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, this government is committed to offshore oil and gas development. It is committed to ensuring there is a pipeline that would allow the export of oil and gas around the world and build that industry within Canada. However, we will also ensure that whatever we do, wha

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Northwest Territories. Every opportunity he has, in the House and outside, he stands to speak for the people of the north and the people of the Northwest Territories. I know he has lived with the unrest around the decision made by the